Bonheur d'occasion (1983)

Note Générale:

6,2/10   

Réalisateur:

Claude Fournier

Scénaristes:

Claude Fournier (writer)
Marie-José Raymond (writer)

Date de sortie:

28 août 1983 (Canada)

Genre:

Drame

Intrigue:

In the early 1940's, Canada is a country at war and Florentine is a young woman, from a very poor family...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Récompenses:

1 win & 4 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Director Claude Fournier turns Gabrielle Roy's THE TIN FLUTE into THE THIN PLOT.

Ensemble

Mireille Deyglun	...	Florentine Lacasse
Pierre Chagnon	...	Jean
Michel Forget	...	Azarius Lacasse
Marilyn Lightstone	...	Rose-Anna Lacasse
Charlotte Laurier	...	Yvonne
Thuryn Pranke	...	Philippe
Thomas Hellman	...	Daniel
Martin Neufeld	...	Emmanuel
Linda Sorgini	...	Marguerite
Dennis O'Connor	...	Phil Morin
Howard Ryshpan	...	Docteur Katz
Liliane Clune	...	Jenny
Janou Saint-Denis	...	Concierge
Francine Ruel	...	Voisine
Jacqueline Barrette	...	Voisine

Autre(s) titre(s):

The Tin Flute (Canada: English title)

Durée:

123 min

Pays:

Canada

Langue:

Français | Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Son:

Mono

Lieux de tournage:

Lachute, Québec, Canada

Société:

Cine St-Henri

Bande son:

Bonheur d'occasion

Director Claude Fournier turns Gabrielle Roy's THE TIN FLUTE into THE THIN PLOT.

First of all, let me say that Gabrielle Roy's novel THE TIN FLUTE(or BONHEUR D'OCCASION) is a thematic forerunner, and perhaps an inspiration, to Frank McCourt's ANGELA'S ASHES. The two stories deal with the poverty of the working class, war as a job opportunity, sickly children, and the effect of premarital sex on devout Catholic communities in the 1940s. All you have to do is substitute Ireland with Quebec. Although the Canadian novel is, I feel superior, the film is inferior. Anyone expecting the crispness and humour of Alan Parker's ANGELA'S ASHES from Fournier's TIN FLUTE will be disappointed. Fournier did much better with his story about First Nations warrior Almighty Voice in his film ALIEN THUNDER. Although slow paced like THE TIN FLUTE, it at least attempts at humour to alleviate the sombre subject matter. The film does have some neat Hitchcockian film techniques like when Rose-Anna's(Marilyn Lightstone) scream is superimposed with a train whistle when she sees her husband wearing an army uniform. However, these moments are few and far between and the sensitivity of Roy's novel melt into melodramatic drivel. If you get a chance to see this film(made in two parts for CBC television, in English and in French), don't be surprised if you experience deja vu.